RAT Pedal Clone Build

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RAT Pedal Clone Build

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Ok, so there's been a lot of interest in the RAT pedal round here lately. I figured I'll start assembling the parts for a build.

It's not like I sit around all day playing Nuno Bettencourt riffs.

Ok, I sit around all day playing Nuno Bettencourt riffs.. :oops: so I prolly need a RAT pedal to make it sound right.


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That looks fun! Since I can't build pedals I just buy them...lol. I did buy the JHS Packrat.
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PLX wrote: Mon Aug 08, 2022 1:06 pm

It's not like I sit around all day playing Nuno Bettencourt riffs.




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Here's a guy selling every chip imaginable for the RAT pedal. $32 buck free shipping...............

https://reverb.com/item/58790955-lot-of ... 8n-lm308ah

Set of 6 IC Op-Amps to be used in a ProCo Rat or other Rat circuit pedal. Set includes:

-Motorola LM308AH (Motorola NOS metal can; soldered into 8-pin socket to be used in place of chip)
-LM308N (National Semiconductor)
- LM301AN (National Semiconductor)
-TL071CP (Texas Instruments)
- LM741CN (Texas Instruments)
- NE5534P (Texas Instruments)
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Or you could just buy one for $59 bucks and find out immediately........ 8-) $79 bucks for a brand new one.....NO WAIT for build time..... ;)

Buy those chips and compare all the lore....................
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harddriver wrote: Mon Aug 08, 2022 4:42 pm -Motorola LM308AH (Motorola NOS metal can; soldered into 8-pin socket to be used in place of chip)
-LM308N (National Semiconductor)
- LM301AN (National Semiconductor)
-TL071CP (Texas Instruments)
- LM741CN (Texas Instruments)
- NE5534P (Texas Instruments)
Exactly :!:

I already have a Motorola LM308 I harvested from an old DOD effects pedal from the 1980's a long time ago.

I ordered the Fairchild Semiconductor metal-can IC UA308HC from SmallBearElectronics yesterday.

This morning I ordered an OP07 chip and a couple of 8-pin DIP sockets from StompBoxParts.com

I already have a Texas Instruments UA741CP (circa 1977), and an NOS LM741CP chip.

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I'd put the RAT in the same category as the fabled Klon Centaur (I have a J Rockett Archer IKON):

They both have a very pleasing clipping sound... along with a perfect EQing for most applications.

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lll wrote: Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:49 pm I'd put the RAT in the same category as the fabled Klon Centaur (I have a J Rockett Archer IKON):

They both have a very pleasing clipping sound... along with a perfect EQing for most applications.

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PLX wrote: Mon Aug 08, 2022 1:06 pmOk, I sit around all day playing Nuno Bettencourt riffs..
you'd think you wud be better at it
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ShredSquatch wrote: Tue Aug 09, 2022 10:49 pm
PLX wrote: Mon Aug 08, 2022 1:06 pmOk, I sit around all day playing Nuno Bettencourt riffs..
you'd think you wud be better at it
Right ?

I prolly just need another pedal.


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